Eyeleting machine



March 18, 1924. v 1,486,91Q J. E. MCINTIRE EYELETING MACHINE Filed April 5 1920 ?atented 18, 3.924%.

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JAMES ERNEST MoINTIRE QF WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION, OF PATERSON, NEVJ JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

EYELETING MACHINE.

Application filed April 5, 1920, Serial No. 371,307.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES E. Moln'rnzn, a citizen of the United States, residingat lVeymout-h, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Eyeleting Machines, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

,This invention relates ,to eyelet-setting and more especially to improved presser foot mechanism for eyeleting machines of the type in which the work is punched and fed step by step.

Many shoes are provided with eyelets and lacing-hooks while others have only eyelets. When a shoe-upperis to have both eyelets and lacing-hooks the most approved practice at present is to attach the lacinghooks first according to what is known as blind hook-setting and then to set the eyelets according to any one of three wellknown methods, viz, visible eyeleting, blind eyeleting, and invisible eyeleting. One reason for attaching the lacing-hooks before attaching the eyelets is that blind hook-setting is usually performed before the several layers of the quarter have been stitched together along their top and front edges, Whereas the eyelets, by whatever method they are set, are applied after the said edges have been stitched together. It follows therefore that in the majority of uppers that have both eyelets and lacing-hooks, the hooks are already attached to the quarters when the latter are presented to the eyes let-setting machine. This condition has made it difiicult to set the eyelet that lies nearest the lowermost lacing-hook since the distance between such eyelet andthe lacinghook is usually so short as to cause interference between the lacing-hook and the presser foot or other machine element that lies adjacent to the locality where the eyelet is set.

In view of the practices above mentioned and in view of the difficulties mentioned in connection therewith, an object of this invention is to provide an improved construction for eyeleting machines whereby shoe-- quarters having previously attached lacingsuch presser foot mechanism having special provisions for taking care of previously attached lacing-hooks without sacrificing features that are advantageous in operating on quarters in which eyelets alone are being set.

Accordingly another feature of the invention consists in the provision ,of two relatively movable presser feet arranged to bear on the work in tandem relation, one tangentially to the punching locality and the other tangentially to the eyelet-setting locality. Since, in a machine of the type disclosed for purposes of illustrating a preferred form of the invention, the ,presser foot mechanism maintains continuous pres sure on the work, even during the feeding periods, I have organized the two presser feet so that the one located in the punching locality may maintain a relatively great amplitude of pressure while that located at the eyelet-setting locality may maintain only a relatively light pressure. In consequence of this organization the first presser foot is enabled to push the eyelet-receiving mate rial along a punching and feeding tool, between the moment of inserting an eyelet in the material so that the end of the latter may protrude from the work slightly to receive and guide the barrel of the eyelet be fore the latter enters the material. Furthermore, this organization enables the second presser foot to maintain sufficient pressure on the work to insure the maintenance of the aforesaid protrusion, without, however, bearing on the work so heavily as to cause buckling, crumpling, or other undesirable action on the part of the work during the feeding motion.

Since it is desirable to retract the presser feet from the work-table when presenting hooks may be provided with eyelets withand removing each piece of work a further object of the invention is to construct and arrange the two presser feet so that the retraction of one will retract the otherand still preserve their independence of action when in operative position.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved work-table whereby invisible eyeleting may be performed upon quarters to which lacinghooks have already been attached. When, as in a machine of the type shown, the eyelets are inserted downwardly from above the work, it is necessary to lay the work wrong side up in order to obtain what is known as invisible eyeleting. Consequently, since the heads of the lacing-hooks will then be on the under side of the work the inserting of an eyelet close to the lowest lacing hook presents difficulties due to interference between the lacing-hook and the work-support. Accordingly this object of the invention is to provide a work-support by which these difficulties are overcome. One feature relating to this aspect of the invention consists in a formation at one side of the setting locality by which the lowest lacing-hook is enabled to approach the setting locality as closely as may be required in order to set the last eyelet as when the eyeleting begins at the bottom of the quarter and progresses toward the lacing-hooks. Since, according to the type of machine illustrated, both right and left quarters are fed in the same direction, a companion feature to that last specified consists in a formation in the work-table at the opposite side of the setting locality from that mentioned, whereby the lowest lacing hook is enabled to start from a position correspondingly close to the setting locality when the eyeleting operation is begun near the lacing-hook and progresses therefrom toward the bottom of the quarter.

Other objects and features of the invention are shown by the accompanying drawings and are hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings,

Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of a portion of an eyeleting machine including the punching, feeding, and eyelet-setting instrumentalities in their initial positions and other elements closely related thereto;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the elements included in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view, including the presser foot that bears on the work tangentially to the punching locality, and its holder separated therefrom;

Fig. 1 is a top plan view, partly broken away, of regulatable work-feeding mechanism including connections by which one of the presser feet is shifted to maintain it in tangential relation to the punching locality.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the presser foot mechanism and includes a portion of a left-hand quarter of a shoe-upper having previously attached lacing-hooks, the one beillig in position to be punched for the last eye et;

Fig. 6 is a vertical section showing the eyelet-setting mechanism in the act of setting the last eyelet in a quarter corresponding to that shown in Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 represents a vertical section similar to Fig. 6 excepting that the article of work is inverted and the machine is equipped with a lower setting tool embodying a construction especially for invisible eyeleting; and

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section on a larger scale of the clenching tool shown in Fig. 6.

Fixcepting as hereinafter pointed out the machine selected for the purpose of illustration is of the same general type as that disclosed in an application of P. It. Glass, Serial No. 323,164, filed September 11, 1919. Characteristic features of the machine are as follows: Articles of work, excepting in the case of invisible eyeleting, are laid right side up 011 the work support and the eyelets are inserted into the work from above. The clenching tool is therefore located below the work, and since this tool is utilized first to punch a hole in the work and then to feed the work from the punching locality to the eyelet-setting locality, the machine is provided with a punch block above the work at a distance from the setting locality corresponding to the intervals of space between the successive eyelets. The work support or table is indicated at 10 and is provided with an inclined or beveled surface 11 at that side of the setting locality from which the work advances. Eyelets m are supplied by a raceway 12 the delivery end of which is above theplane of the work. The eyelets are transferred from the raceway to the work by an insertin tool 13 in which a yielding spindle 14 is arranged for the purpose of picking an eyelet from the raceway. The insertingtool is reciprocated vertically but has no lateral movement, and the raceway is reciprocated with respect to the timing of the inserting tool so that it will clear the latter.

The clenching tool 15 is arranged below the plane of the work and is carried by a vertically movable plunger 16. This plunger is arranged to slide in a bearing 17 formed in a feed-carriage 18. The latter is arranged to slide horizontally on guide rods such as that indicated at 19. The clenching tool is tubular in form and is provided with a pilot portion 20 by which the work is first punched and then fed to eyelet-receiving position, and by which the barrel of the eyelet is guided before and during its passage through the shoe quarter 21 or other article.

A punch-block 22 is arranged above the plane of the work and at one side of the path of the inserting tool 13. The feeding mechanism shown by Fig. 1 shifts the feedcarriage 18 in such manner that when the plunger 16 is about to be raised to punch a hole in the work the punching tool is in registration with the punch-block. The punch-block is sustained rigidly against the action of the punching tool, and when the latter has formed a hole through the work it is drawn down very slightly in order to relieve the pressure against the punch-block but not enough to withdraw the punch from the work. At this stage it is, of course, impossible for the punch to protrude above the work but during the feeding from the punching locality to the eyelet-receiving looality the work is pushed down slightly relatively to the punch so as to cause protrusion of the punch above the work. According to the machine as at present organized there is no upward movement of the punch during the feeding interval, and the protrusion mentioned is therefore brought about entirely by downward movement of the work relatively to the punch as hereinafter explained. It is not to be understood, how ever, that I claim this broadly as a part of this invention, but certain novel features of construction pertaining thereto will be explained in due course.

A presser foot (see Fig. 3) is constructed and arranged to maintain continuous pressure on the work during the operation of the machine. For reasons that will appear it will be convenient to designate the presser foot 25 as the main presser foot.

' This presser foot is provided with parallel guiding portions 26, 26 which are arranged to slide vertically in grooves 27, 27 formed in a holder 28. The member 28 is also the holder for the punch block 22. It is provided with a cylindrical shank 29 which, as in the aforesaid application Serial No. 323,164, is connected to manually operative mechanism by which it may be lifted when inserting and removing the work, and by which it is automatically and rigidly locked when it is returned to its operative position as shown by Figs. 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7. The two branches 30, 30 of a forked lever are arranged to bear on the upper ends of the portions 26 to maintain desired pressure of the presser foot. This lever is carried by a bracket 31 and is connected to the latter by a pivot member 32. The bracket is fastened to the holder 28 by a screw 33 and is adjustable vertically relatively to the holder by reason of having a slot 34: for the reception of the screw. Arms 35, 35 formed on the bracket occupy notches 36, 36 in the sliding portions 26, 26 and serve to limit the movement of the main presser foot relatively to the holder and also to lift the presser foot when the latter is elevated as aforesaid. The presser foot lever is provided with a. barrel portion 37 to contain a compression spring 38. A sliding plug is arranged at the lower end of the barrel portion and bears on a portion of the bracket 31. The spring is maintained under compression by the plug 39 screwed into its upper end. The applied stress of the spring being exerted in one direction against the stationary element 31 tends to swing the lever in a counter clockwise direction about its pivot member, and the arms 30, 30 therefore maintain downward pressure on the presser foot. The amplitude of pressure may, of course, be regulated by the screw plug 39. Furthermore the presser foot as a whole may be adjusted relatively to the holder 28 by loosening the screw 33 and then changing the position of the bracket 31. Neither of these adjustments will alter the position of the punchblock.

The presser foot 25 is cut away to provide a notch 40 the inner portion of which is approximately circular and of a diameter sufficient to admit the punch block without excessive clearance. The width of the notch is preferably less at its open end, since the diameter of the punching element 20 is less than that of the punch-block and since the open end of the notch need not be any wider than the diameter of the element 20.

\Vhen, during the operation of the ma chine, the punch rises to punch a hole in the work, it may lift the work slightly as it meets the punch-block. At this instant when the punch has completed a hole through the material and there is nothing but the friction of the material on the side of the punch to resist the downward pressure ofthe main presser foot the work will slip downwardly under the influence of the presser foot with an amplitude of movement sufficient to insure a slight protrusion of the punch above the work even though the punch is depressed at this time sufficiently to relieve the pres sure against the punch block prior to feeding the work. If the work is not depressed to its lowest plane prior to the beginning of the feeding motion it will be depressed to that plane before the punch has moved entirely out of the notch 40.

It is to be observed that although the main presser foot nearly surrounds the punching elements 20, 22 it does not extend to the eyelet-receiving locality. Consequently the punched work, in advancing from the punching locality to the eyelet-receiving locality, passes out from the field of control of the main presser foot and is thus relieved of the relatively heavy pressure applied by the spring 38. It is nevertheless desirable to maintain a slight pressure upon the punched portion of the work until the eyelet is inserted, in order to keep the work on the pilot portion 20 and in order to maintain the protrusion previously effected by the heavier spring. Consequently, in order to provide for this maintenance a feature of the invention consists in an auxiliary presser foot arranged to bear on the punched portion of the work alongside the feeding path of the punch during the feeding period. A portion of this presser foot is preferably tangential to the eyelet receiving locality. This auxiliary presser foot, indicated at &1, is carried in the present instance by a pivot member a2 which, in turn, is carried by the main presser foot. A relatively light leaf spring 13 is arranged to maintain downward pressure on the auxiliary presser foot, and this spring also is carried by and anchored to the main presser foot by means of a screw 14:. Since the level of the main presser foot will be determined in every case by the thickness of the work, and since the auxiliary presser foot and its spring 613 are carried by the main presser foot, the applied force of the auxiliary presser foot will be the same for all articles of work regardless of their thickness.

The right-hand end of the auxiliary presser foot is provided with a lug 15 which is arranged to bear against one of the portions 26 as shown by Fig. 3 when the holder 28 is raised for the insertion and removal of a. piece of work. Consequently, when the main presser foot is retracted it retracts the auxiliary presser foot bodily after having taken up the lost motion between the lug 4:5 and the portion 26 adjacent thereto, but when the presser feet are bearing on an article of work the lug 4:5 is separated from the portion 26 sufficiently to enable the auxiliary presser foot to bear on the work without opposition from the lug. From this it follows that each presser foot will bear on the work with different degrees of force independently of each other.

As shown by Figs. 3 and (3 the main presser foot is provided with an inclined portion 4-6 in advance of the punching locality to deflect downwardly the head of a lacing-hook 17 as shown by Fig. 6. This formation facilitates the final feeding step of the work by deflecting the lacing-hook so that it will pass under the punch-block instead of catching on the side of it. C011- sistently with such deflection the work support 10 is inclined as indicated at 11 to permit the work to be bent downwardly under the punch-block. These conditions are important when inserting ordinary visible eyelets in the left-hand quarter of a shoe as shown by Fig. 5, but when such eyelets are being inserted in the right-hand quarter the lacing-h0oks would all be at the left of the eyelet-inserting locality and therefore would not be subject to obstruction.

On the other hand, when using the machine to insert invisible eyelets a similar problem exists with regard to the left-hand quarter, because in this case the work is inverted as shown by Fig. 7 and the initial p0 sition of the work requires the lowest lacing hook 4:7 to oceupya position at the left of the eyelet-inserting locality but closely adjacent thereto. In order to overcome this difiiculty I have provided the work table with a cavity 18 at the left of the setting 10- cality and in line with the hooks and eyelets. This cavity is large enough to receive the head of the lacing-hook as shown by Fig. 7 and iscalled into use only when inserting the first invisible eyelet in the left-hand quarter. The first feeding operation carries the lacing hook e7 out of the cavity 18 and thereafter the cavity has 110 part to play until the next left-hand quarter is presented for the first eyelet.

If desired, a filling piece 49 may be used to fill the cavity 418 when the machine is being used under conditions that call for a right side up position of the work as shown by Fig. 6.

Consistently with the setting of invisible eye-lets Fig. 7 differs from Fig. 6 in that a clenching tool of approved form for invisible eyeleting is shown instead of the more common tool 15.

Since it is desirable sometimes to increase or decrease the distance between the eyelets I have shown regulatable work feeding mechanism similar to that disclosed in the aforesaid application Serial No. 323,16-1-. A top plan view of this mechanism is shown by Fig. 4 in which a portion of the feed-carriage 18 is shown together with one of the guide rods 19 on which it slides. The feeding motion, indicated by double headed ar row A, is obtained from a cam (not shown), which cam imparts reciprocatory motion of uniform amplitude to a sliding member 50. The directions of motion of the member 50 are indicated by a double headed arrow B. This motion is transmitted by links 51, 52 to an arm 53, the latter being aiiixed to a rock shaft 5 1. An arm 55 adjustably but rigidly connected to the rock shaft embraces a block 56 carried by the feed-carriage 18 and connected to the latter by the pivot member 57. Variations in the amplitude of feeding motion are elfected by altering the position of the pivot member 58 by which the links 51, 52 are connected; This pivot member extends also through a third link 59. The latter is pivotally connected to a regulator 60 by'a pivot member 61. The regulator remains stationary-during the operation of the machine but for the purpose of altering the amplitude of feeding movement it swings about a pivot member 62. The desired position of the regulator may be maintained by a pin 63 and a tension spring 64, the latter serving to hold the regulator against the pin, and the pin being supported by a stationary plate 65 having holes 66 into any one of which the pin may be placed according to the length of spacing desired.

This mechanism is such that the clenching tool will, under all conditions, stand in line with the inserting tool during the inserting and clenching period, but will cause the clenching tool to move to a greater or less distance from the inserting locality for the purpose of punching the work.

The mechanism shown by Fig. 4: also shifts the punch-block laterally whenever the position of the regulator is changed, in order to locate the punclrblock at a distance from the aXis of the inserting tool commensurate with the length of spacing movement for which the feeding mechanism is adjusted. For this purpose the regulator is provided with a cam groove 67 for operating a lever 68 by which the punch-block is shifted laterally. Since this mechanism is substantially the same as' that shown in the aforesaid application Serial No. 323,164 it will not be necessary to describe it further than to state that the lever 68 is connected to a horizontally movable slide 69 in which the shank 29 of the holder 28 is arranged to slide.

Since the main presser foot and the punchblock are organized and combined so as to remain in the same co-operative relation to each other regardless of the spacing of the eyelets it follows that, according to the herein-described construction of the presser foot mechanism, both presser feet will partake of the lateral adjustment of the punchblock. Consequently, in order to maintain a portion of. the auxiliary presser foot in tangential relation to the eyelet-inserting locality the said presser foot is elongated sufficiently to fulfill this requirement when the punch-block occupies its most distant position relatively to the eyelet-inserting locality.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. An eyeleting machine comprising worksupporting means, a work-feeding and eyelet-clenching tool, and a plurality of relatively movable presser feet arranged to maintain the work 011 sai tool during the feeding period.

2. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting means, a punching element, worksupporting means,having a recess opposite said punching element, work-feeding means, and a presser foot, arranged to deflect into said recess a previously attached fastener that would otherwise be fed against said punching element.

8. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting means, work-supporting means, work-feeding means, a presser foot, and means arranged to deflect transversely of the plane of the work a lacing-hook previously secured to the work.

4:. An eyeleting machine comprising worksupporting means, work-punching means, eyelet-setting mechanism, work-feeding means, and a plurality of relatively movable presser feet arranged to bear on the work in tandem relation adjacent to the punching locality and eyelet-setting locality respectively.

5. An eyeleting machine comprising worksupporting means, eyelet-setting means including a punching tool, and a plurality of relatively movable presser feet one of which is carried by another and one of which is arranged to cooperate with said tool.

. 6. A fastener-setting machine comprising work-supporting means, fastenensetting means including a punching and feeding tool, and a plurality of presser feet arranged to engage a surface of the work on said tool during the feeding period, one of said presser feet being movable relatively to another.

7. An eyeleting machine comprising worksupporting means punching means, eyeletinserting means, work-feeding means, and a plurality of relatively movable presser feet arranged to bear on the work in tandem relation between the punching locality and the eyelet-inserting locality.

8. An eyeleting machine comprising eye let-setting means, Work-supporting means, regulatable work-feeding means, and a plurality of relatively movable presser feet one of which is arranged to be retracted from the work by the other when the latter is retracted, said presser feet being controllably related to said feeding means so as to be shifted to different localities in consequence of regulating said feeding means.

9. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting means, work-supporting means, work-feeding means, a presser foot holder movable toward and from the work, a presser foot carried by and movable relatively to said holder, and a second presser foot carried by and movable relatively to the first said presser foot.

10. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting means, work-supporting means, laterally adjustable punching means, a presser-foot connected to the latter so as to par take of lateral adjustment thereof, and a second presser foot movable relatively to the first said presser foot and arranged to be retracted from the work by the .lirst.

11.. An eyeleting machine comprising cyclet-setting means, work-supporting means, punching and feeding mechanism including a tool formed and arranged to punch and feed the work, a movable work-engaging member arranged to move the punched work axially along the punch, and a presser foot arranged to be retracted from the work by said member. a

12. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting means, work-supporting means, punching and feeding mechanism including a tool formed and arranged to punch and feed the work, a movable work-engaging member arranged to move the punched work axially along the punch, and a presser foot carried by and movable relatively to said member.

13. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting mechanism, a punch-block arranged above and close to the plane of the work, feeding mechanism, and means arranged to engage a lacing-hook previously attached to the upper side of the work underlying said punch-block to guide such hook so as to clear said punch-block as the work is fed.

14. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting means, a work-support, a carrier movable toward and from said work-sup- -port, a punching element carried by said carrier, a presser-foot carried by said carrier, and a supplemental resser-foot connected to the first said presser-foot so as to be movable therewith and movable relatively thereto.

15. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting means, a work-support, a plunger movable toward and from said support, a punch-block carried by said plunger, means arranged to sustain said plunger rigidly in operative position, and a plurality of relatively movable resser-feet carried by said plunger.

16. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting mechanism, punching and feeding mechanism, a work-support having a depression adjacent to the punching locality, and means arranged above said depression to engage a lacing-hook reviously attached to a trailing portion 0 the work and to depress such hook into the depression.

17. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting mechanism, punching and feeding mechanism, a Work-support having a depression adjacent to the punching locality, and an inclined bafile arranged above said depression to engage a lacing-hook previously attached to a trailing portion of the work and to deflect such hook into the depression as the work is fed.

18. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting mechanism, punching and feeding mechanism, work-supporting means, and means arranged to engage a lacing-hook previously attached to the work and to displace such hook downwardly from its normal path of feeding movement.

19. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting mechanism, punching and feeding mechanism including a punch, work-engaging means adjacent to the punching lo cality for causing relative movement of the punched work and the punch axially of the latter, and means arranged to engage a previously attached lacing hook approaching said Work-engaging means and to guide such hook so that it will be prevented from catching thereon.

20. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting mechanism, punching and feeding mechanism including a punch and a punch-block, means arranged adjacent to the punch-block to act on the punched work after each punching operation, and means arranged to guide a previously attached lacing-hook in a trailing portion of the work so as to prevent it from catching on the first said means.

21. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting mechanism, punching and feed ing mechanism including a punch and a punclrblock of which the latter is arranged above the plane of the work, and means arranged to deflect a previously attached lacing hook in a trailing portion of the work so as to clear said punch-block.

22. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting mechanism, work-supporting means, punching and feeding mechanism including a punch and a punch-block of which the latter is arranged above the plane of the work, a presser foot arranged to depress the punched work relatively to the punch while the latter is in the work, a portion of said presser foot being arranged to depress a previously attached lacing-hook in a trailing portion of the work so that it will clear said punch-block and pass thereunder.

23. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting mechanism, work-supporting means, punching and feeding mechanism including a punch and a punch-block of which the latter is arranged above the plane of the work, and means arranged to bend a trailing portion of the work having a previously attached lacing-hook so that the latter will pass under the punch-block.

24. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting means, a work-support, punching and feeding mechanism constructed and arranged to vary the length of the feeding steps, and a plurality of relatively movable presser feet one of which is controllably connected to said mechanism so as to be shifted thereby according to the variable limit of feeding motion and both of which are arranged to act on the same quarter of the shoe upper.

25. An eycleting machine comprising eyelet-setting mechanism, a worksupport, punching and feeding mechanism constructed and arranged to feed the work to said eyelet-setting mechanism and vary the length of the feeding steps, and a plurality of relatively movable presser feet one of which is controllably connected to said punching and feeding mechanism so as to be shifted thereby according to the variable limit of feeding motion and the other of which is arranged to be retracted from the work by the one first specified.

26. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting mechanism, a work-support, punching and feeding mechanism constructed and arranged to feed the work to said mech anism and vary one limit of the feeding steps, and a plurality of relatively movable presser feet one of which is controllably connected to said mechanism so as to be shifted thereby according to the variable limit of feeding motion, and the other of which is carried by the one first specified.

27. An eyeleting machine comprisin a work-support, punching and feeding mec anism, eyelet-setting mechanism, and two relatively movable presser feet one of which is arranged to bear on the work tangentially to the punching locality and the other to bear tangentially to the eyelet-setting locality.

28. An eyeleting machine comprising a work-support, punching and feeding mechanism constructed and arranged to vary the length of the feeding steps by shifting the punching locality, eyelet-setting mechanism, and two relatively movable presser feet one of which is arranged to bear on the work tangentially to the setting locality and the other of which is controllably connected to the punching and feeding mechanism so as to be shifted according to the shifting of the punching locality.

29. A fastener-setting machine comprising setting mechanism including a fastenerclenching tool movable to punch and feed the work, a punch-block, and two relatively movable Presser-feet one of which carries the other and moves the work to cause the leading end of said tool to protrude from. the work.

30. A fastener-setting machine comprising setting mechanism, work-feeding mechanism including a piercing and feeding tool, and two relatively movable presser-feet one of which is carried by the other and arranged to bear on the work alongside the feeding path of said tool during the feeding period. 7

81. A machine comprising work-feeding mechanism including a piercing and feeding tool, a work-support, and two relatively movable presser feet arranged to bear on the work in tandem relation alongside the feedingdpath of said tool during the feeding per1o 82. An eyeleting machine comprising a work-support, mechanism constructed and arranged to punch the work in one locality and to set an eyelet in another locality and to feed the punched work from the punching locality to the setting locality, and two relatively movable presser feet arranged to bear on the work at the two said localities respectively but with difierent degrees of pressure.

33. An eyeleting machine comprising a work-support, mechanism including a tool constructed and arranged to punch the work in one locality and to clench an eyelet in another locality and to feed the punched work from the punching locality to the clenching locality, a punch-block arranged above the plane of the work to co-operate with said tool, and two relatively movable presser feet one of which is constructed and arranged to depress the punched work at the punching locality relatively to the punching tool and the other of which is arranged to maintain a relatively light pressure on the work tangentially to the clenching locality.

84. An eyeleting machine comprising eyelet-setting mechanism, Work-feeding mechanism, and work-supporting means having a cavity adjacent'to the eyelet-setting locality to receive initially the head of a previously attached lacing-hook arranged to recede from said locality in consequence of feeding movement executed by said feeding mechanism.

35. An eyeleting machine comprising work-supporting means, a work-punching and eyelet-clenching tool arranged to execute a lateral movement to feed the work, and a plurality of relatively movable presser-feet one of which is arranged to move the work relatively to said tool so that the punching end thereof will protrude from the work, the other one of said presser-feet being arranged to cooperate with said work-supportmg means.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JAMES ERNEST MOINTIRE. 

